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Be With Records
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A (mostly reissue) (vinyl-only) record label from Manchester (UK)

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Just seen the sad news that Ebo Taylor died on Saturday at the age of 90. Here’s the Ghanaian highlife and afrobeat legend in concert in 2014 #RIP
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Ebo Taylor and Afrobeat Academy LIVE at New Morning, Paris 2014
YouTube video by Obroni Outernational
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February 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Rescue your love life. There’s still time…

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February 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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The Ibrahim Khalil Shihab Quintet :: Spring

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Recorded in the late 1960s by Cape Town pianist Ibrahim Khalil Shihab and his group, Spring calls to mind Atlantic-era Coltrane at its breeziest...
February 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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Orange Juice performing Rip It Up, which they released as a single on this day in 1983. Watch the full recording from Switch, which also includes The Day I Went Down To Texas, here youtu.be/PpkHczKcwsQ
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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The Patta x De La Soul capsule is available now for pre-order exclusively on patta.nl, patta.co and pattaclothing.us and on the Patta mobile app for one weekend only. As this is a pre-order, all items ordered will be shipped within 6 weeks.
February 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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"32 live performances of Sonic Youth’s 'The Diamond Sea' plunderphoniclly orchestrated by John Oswald (of Grateful Dead 'Grayfolded' fame) – providing two distinctly new experiences of the classic track from Washing Machine."
February 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Heartfelt thanks to Guy Garvey & to everyone who heard me on his show & responded so warmly to the announcement of our next two releases on Needle Mythology. The Musical Youth story is so extraordinary that we made a two part podcast all about it. Here's Part 1: shows.acast.com/697c8b74f1dd...
Mash Down Birmingham: The Story of Musical Youth | Mash Down Birmingham: The Musical Youth Story
Part 1: Kingston to Birmingham
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February 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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February 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Remembering Edna Wright on her birthday. Here's a handy compilation of Honey Cone clips, including Want Ads, Stick Up and One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, plus the group providing backing vocals for Mama Cass and Andy Williams (THREAD 1 of 3)
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Honey Cone - HITS AND RARITIES ON FILM - Want Ads, Stick Up, One Monkey Dont Stop No Show and more
YouTube video by MrDomin099 Stone
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February 2, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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After Honey Cone split, Edna Wright recorded a sublime solo LP produced by her husband Greg Perry. It's been reissued on vinyl by @bewithrecords.bsky.social (THREAD 3 of 3)
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Be With Records • Edna Wright Oops! Here I Go Again LP
Buy Edna Wright Oops! Here I Go Again LP • £20 from the Be With Records web shop
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February 2, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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Wally Badarou - Hi-Life. Top tune from 1984 with wonderful visuals by Susan Young
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Wally Badarou – Hi-Life (rage)
YouTube video by Peggy Legg
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February 1, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Just listened to the Temptations Ball of Confusion & it gets more powerful with each listen.
Paid tribute to the incredible songwriter/producer Norman Whitfield who co created this and so many other incredible records including one of my favourites, The Undisputed Truth.
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Donald Byrd :: Ethiopian Knights

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After a decade under Van Gelder's roof Byrd decamps for sun-kissed LA to record Ethiopian Knights, an album that rests comfortably in the improvisational sweet spot where Mwandishi and Peter Green's End of the Game converge...
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Happy 60th birthday to Sha-La-La-La-Lee by Small Faces, released as a single on this day in 1966. Here's a thrilling live performance from back then. What a band!
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The Small Faces - Sha La La La Lee (1966)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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January 28, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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OUT TODAY! Do not sleep on this, it’s incredible.
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Absolutely monumental, again. Changed everything in 3days training, last week, and now showed that was no fluke🇾🇪 It’s Carrick you know. YANITED YANITED YANITED🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪# mufc #manutd
January 25, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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That's another stunning win for Manchester United. What a game, what goals. Away to the league leaders too.
Stop the team bus and treat those players to fish & chips on the Holloway Road.
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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This quote from the parents contains the call for 'truth' that leads the BBC headline. But the reference to administration's 'sickening lies' has been cut out .
There's no pt even asking WTF is going on at the BBC – it's all too obvious.
January 25, 2026 at 10:35 AM
OUT TODAY! Do not sleep on this, it’s incredible.
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
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January 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Absolutely gigantic
JUST IN! 'cLOUD mUsIc' by Dennis Bovell

The revered producer returns in dub mode on a work blending trippy, rootsy instrumentals with library music influences.

LP on Be With Records.

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January 22, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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PREORDER: 'IV Of Cups' by Thought Leadership:

Fourth album from the prolific, enigmatic Stockport songwriter, hearing dream/ambient pop and art rock meet jazz, post-punk, and influences from new wave's left-field corners.

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January 20, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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Remembering Allen Toussaint on his birthday. This delightful interview he did with @petepaphides.bsky.social in 2014 is a beautiful way to celebrate the great man and his wonderful music
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January 14, 2026 at 8:25 AM